Dutch Philosophy of Geoscience Symposium

Recommended reading

  • Rob Inkpen (2005). Science, philosphy and physical geography (review in Earth Science Reviews) Routledge, London, UK, 164 pp., ISBN 0-415-27954-2

  • Kleinhans, M. G. Buskes, C. J. J. and De Regt, H.W. (2005) Terra Incognita: Explanation and Reductionism in Earth Science. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 19, 3, 289-317, DOI: 10.1080/02698590500462356

  • Baker, V. R. 1996. Hypotheses and geomorphological reasoning. In: Rhoads, B.L. and Thorn, C.E. (eds.) 1996. The Scientific Nature of Geomorphology. Wiley, Chichester, 481 pp

  • Chamberlin, T. C. 1890. The method of multiple working hypotheses. Science 15, pp. 92-96

  • Cleland, C. E. 2002. Methodological and epistemic differences between historical science and experimental science. Philosophy of Science 69, pp. 474-496

  • Hempel, C. G. 1962. Two basic types of scientific explanation. From: Hempel, C. G. 1962, Explanation in science and history, Allen and Unwin and University of Pittsburg Press, London and Pittsburg

  • Klee, R. 1997. Reductionism, antireductionism, and supervenience, chapter 5 in Introduction to the philosophy of science, Cutting nature at its seams, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK

  • Mayr, E. 1985. How biology differs from the physical sciences. From: Depew, D. and Weber, B. (eds.) 1985. Evolution at a crossroads, MIT-press, Cambridge, Massachusets, USA

  • Oldroyd, D. R. 2003. The Earth Sciences. From: Cahan, D. (ed.) 2003. From Natural Philosophy to the Sciences, pp. 88-128

  • Oreskes, N., Shrader-Frechette, K. and Belitz, K. 1994. Verification, validation and confirmation of numerical models in the earth sciences. Science 263, pp. 641-642

  • Quine, W. V. 1953. Two dogmas of empiricism. From: Quine, W. V. 1953, From a logical point of view, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, USA, pp. 20-43

  • Van der Steen, W. J. and Kamminga, H. 1991. Laws and natural history in biology. British Journal of Philosophy of Science 42, pp. 445-467

  • Werner, B. T., 1999. Complexity in natural landform patterns, Science 284, pp. 102-104



    References to related books and literature

  • Albritton, C. C. (ed.) 1975, Philosophy of geohistory: 1785-1970, contains original papers of Hutton, Davis and others, Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, Stroudsburg, USA, pp. 310-356

  • Baker, V. R. 1996. Hypotheses and geomorphological reasoning. In: Rhoads, B.L. and Thorn, C.E. (eds.) 1996. The Scientific Nature of Geomorphology. Wiley, Chichester, 481 pp

  • Chamberlin, T. C. 1890. The method of multiple working hypotheses. Science 15, pp. 92-96

  • Cleland, C. E. 2002. Methodological and epistemic differences between historical science and experimental science. Philosophy of Science 69, pp. 474-496

  • Davis, W. M. 1926. The value of outrageous geological hypotheses. Science 63, pp. 463-468

  • De Vriend, H. J. 1997. Prediction of aggregated-scale coastal evolution, Coastal Dynamics 1997 conference, USA

  • Dorn, R. I. 2002. Analysis of geomorphology citations in the last quarter of the 20th century. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 27, pp. 667-672

  • Duhem, P. 1906. Physical theory and experiment. From: Duhem, P. 1954, The aim and structure of physical theory, trans. Wiener, P. P., Princeton University Press, Princeton, USA, pp. 180-195, 208-218

  • Fodor, J. A., 1974. Special Sciences (or: the Disunity of Science as a Working Hypothesis), Synthese 28: 97-115

  • Hempel, C. G. 1962. Two basic types of scientific explanation. From: Hempel, C. G. 1962, Explanation in science and history, Allen and Unwin and University of Pittsburg Press, London and Pittsburg

  • Hooykaas, R. 1970. Catastrophism in geology, its scientific character in relation to actualism and uniformitarianism. From: Albritton, C. C. (ed.) 1975, Philosophy of geohistory: 1785-1970, Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, Stroudsburg, USA, pp. 310-356

  • Hull, D. 1974. Philosophy of biological science. Prentice - Hall, Englewood Cliffs, USA

  • Hutton, J. 1785. The system of the earth, its duration, and stability. From: Albritton, C. C. (ed.) 1975, Philosophy of geohistory: 1785-1970, Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, Stroudsburg, USA, pp. 24-52

  • Klee, R. 1997. Reductionism, antireductionism, and supervenience, chapter 5 in Introduction to the philosophy of science, Cutting nature at its seams, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK

  • Laudan, R. 1987. From mineralogy to geology, the foundations of a science, 1650-1830. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA

  • Lipton, P. 1991. Inference to the best explanation. Routledge, London, UK

  • Mayr, E. 1985. How biology differs from the physical sciences. From: Depew, D. and Weber, B. (eds.) 1985. Evolution at a crossroads, MIT-press, Cambridge, Massachusets, USA

  • McAllister, J. W. 1997. Laws of nature, natural history, and the description of the world. International studies in the philosophy of science 11, pp. 245-258

  • Nagel, E. 1961. The structure of science. Harcourt, Brace and World press, New York, USA

  • Oreskes, N., Shrader-Frechette, K. and Belitz, K. 1994. Verification, validation and confirmation of numerical models in the earth sciences. Science 263, pp. 641-642

  • Peirce, C. S. 1883. A theory of probable inference. From: Peirce, C. S. (ed.) 1883, Studies in logic, Little and Brown, Boston, USA, reprint in 1983 by Benjamins, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Phillips, J. D. 1995. Biogeomorphology and landscape evolution: the problem of scale. Geomorphology 13, pp. 337-347

  • Quine, W. V. 1953. Two dogmas of empiricism. From: Quine, W. V. 1953, From a logical point of view, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, USA, pp. 20-43

  • Rosenberg, A. 2001. How is biological explanation possible? British Journal of Philosophy of Science 52, pp. 735-760

  • Stewart, I. 1997. Does God play dice? The new mathematics of chaos. Penguin Books (2nd edition), London, UK

  • Tucker, A. 1998. Unique events: the underdetermination of explanation. Erkenntnis 48, pp. 59-80

  • Van Brakel, J. 1999. On the neglect of the philosophy of chemistry. Foundations of chemistry 1, pp. 111-174

  • Van der Steen, W. J. and Kamminga, H. 1991. Laws and natural history in biology. British Journal of Philosophy of Science 42, pp. 445-467

  • Werner, B. T., 1999. Complexity in natural landform patterns, Science 284, pp. 102-104

  • Whewell, W. 1872. The two antagonist doctrines of geology. From: Albritton, C. C. (ed.) 1975, Philosophy of geohistory: 1785-1970, Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, Stroudsburg, USA, pp. 113-125